Pencil attachment.



C. B. ELLIOTT & S. MYERS.

PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24. 191B.

1,209.,69 1. Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

CLAUD 1B. ELLIOTT AND SYLVESTER MYERS, 0F HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.

PENCIL ATTACHMENT.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 26, 1916.

Application filed Febiruary 24, 1916. Serial No. 80,203.

new and useful Improvements in Pencil Attachments, fication. 7

Our present invention pertains to attachments for pencils and the like; and it contemplates the provision of an impro ved attachment through the medium of which mucilage may be continuously applied, and this without interferin of the pencil and wit out liability of the mucilage rendering the pencil sticky or otherwise objectionable.

Other advantageous features of the inventionwill be fully understood from the fol lowing description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which: Figure 1 isan elevation of a pencil equipped with our novel attachment. Fig. 2 is a view, partly in section and partly in eleof which the following is aspecivatlon, showing the interior construction tion of the tube 2 is the of the sponge-holderof the attachment. In

,necessaril toothed-as best of theattachment. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the sponge holder, comprised in our novel attachment.

Similar numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The pencil "1 may be of the ordinary; or any. other type compatible with the purpose of our invention, and on the upper end of the pencil is mounted the tube 2 which,

constitutes the body of our attachment and 1s referably formed of .sheet-metal. Thesai tube 2 is rovidedwith a die. hragm 3 which divides it into a lower socl et 4 to receive the pencil and an upper reservoir 5 for mucilage or the like which' reservoir is open at its upper end. I

Arranged and removably secured by frictiona-l contact-or otherwise on the upper portubularportion 6 addition to the said tubular portion 6 the sponge-holder comprises an interior annular flange 7 which is preferably though not lllustratedl in Fig. 3. he said flange 7 forms a step when with the usual use the holder 6 is placed on the tube 2 subsequently to the placing of mucilage in the reservoir 5 of the tube, and it also serves to receive and engage and securely hold the contracted portion of a sponge 8 so as to enable the lower portion of the sponge to expand in the mucilage reservoir and also to enable the upper portion of the sponge to fully occupy and close the upper end of the tubular portion 6 with a view to excluding foreign substance from the mucilage.

When itls desired to use our attachment, it .is simply necessary to invert the pencil and employ the exposed portion of the sponge to apply mucilage to an envelop flap or any other article. When it is desired to use the pencil in the usual manner, a cap 9 is placed over the sponge holder and sponge after the manner shown in Fig. l; the said cap is preferably, though not necessarily, provided with a rubber eraser 10 as illustrated.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that our novelattachment is simple and inexpensive in construction, is capable of being readily handled both in use and in the refilling of the reservoir, andis calculated to enhance rather than detract from the finished appearance of a pencil; It will also be noted that the attachment as a whole is light in weight and is therefore not liable to render a pencil unduly heavy.

Having described our invention, what we reservoir, a tubular member having at. an intermediate point of its length an interior sponge-holding portion; said tubular memher being removably arranged on the upper portion of the tubular body, and a cap removably-arranged on the tubular member. 4

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands 1n presence of two subscribmg witnesses.

GLAUD B. ELLIOTT. SYLVESTER MYERS. Witnesses;

L. D. AMSLER, W. G. Monmson. 

